Ancient human relatives ran on two legs, like modern humans, but at a much slower pace, suggest 3D computer simulations of Australopithecus afarensis 1 — a small hominin that lived more than ...

Analyzing the chemistry of some ancient teeth has revealed what human ancestors were eating around 3 million years ago.

Human-like relatives two million years ago had it "pretty easy", according to birth reconstruction in a fossil. For Australopithecus sediba, which lived 1.95 million years ago in South Africa ...

Lucy, an early human ancestor, could run upright but much slower than modern humans. New simulations show that muscle and ...

Research suggests that Lucy’s kind thrived in a wide range of ecosystems, from woodlands to grasslands and riverine forests. Sharing characteristics of both Australopithecus africanus, a previously ...